The Vaumort Menhir Route

(S/E) Start at Place de l’Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, head along the grassy path which joins the road after 850m.

(1) Turn sharply left and follow Route de la Collate downhill for 360 metres.
Take the first path on the right towards the D905. Cross it and follow the grassy path opposite, which joins the Route des Vauliards.

(2) Turn left and continue to the crossroads 110 metres ahead.

(3) Turn right onto the Route de Villeuneuve and continue left onto the Route de Dixmont.

(4) After 330 metres, continue along Rue de la Lampe, passing the goat farm and the old wash house.

(5) At the junction, turn right onto Rue de la Lampe and follow the road past the ‘Menhir la Pierre aux Sorciers’.

(6) Turn right onto the path, Rue du Terrier, which climbs the hill for 1.750km.

(7) Turn sharply left. Follow the path through the woods for 160 metres. Walk down along the edge of the forest for 1 km and continue for a further 300 metres. Join the small road and follow it to the right for 300 metres.

(8) Turn left onto the grassy path until you reach the stony track. Turn right and head down the track.

(6) Carry on straight ahead along Rue du Terrier. Cross the D905 and head up Chemin de l’Église opposite.
Turn left and you’ll reach the car park (S/E).

(S/E) 13th-century Church of Saint John the Baptist

(4) Producer of goat’s cheese and free-range poultry – visits to the goat farm available by appointment
EARL du Vallimaurais, 13bis Rue Lampe
Tel: 03-86-88-34-15

(5) At the junction, on the left, note the old wash house.
Then, 40 metres further on to the left, stands a menhir known as ‘la Pierre aux Sorciers’ on private property.